USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson became the leader of the pro-French Democratic-Republican Party that celebrated the republican ideals of the French Revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -Democratic Republicans, including Thomas Jefferson, supported the people in the French Revolution. They saw this revolution as a war against the “divine right of kings” and the “proper order”, where the wealthy kings and aristocrats believed they were born into power.

Detailed explanation-3: -Democratic-Republicans were supported by commoners and the middle and lower classes. It was made up of artisans, shopkeepers, frontier settlers, backcountry and poor farmers. Democratic-Republicans were not highly educated and many were illiterate. Democratic-Republicans had most of their support in the South and West.

Detailed explanation-4: -Federalists, in general, were men of wealth and position. They did not believe in democracy, rule by the people. For this reason, they strongly opposed the revolution in France. They were horrified by the execution of the French king and queen.

Detailed explanation-5: -In foreign policy, the Republicans favored France, which had supported the Colonies during the Revolution, over Great Britain. These ideas represented a departure from the policies of the Federalists under the administrations of Washington and Adams.